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Afterwards commentators of all stripes were not very convinced and even incredulus of his responses and was leaving himself very open.
Obama Offers Most Extensive Response Yet To Questions About Rev. Wright 2009
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And the arm and the hoond, (that he putte in oure Lordes syde, whan he appered to him, aftre his resurrexioun, and seyde to him, Noli esse incredulus, sed fidelis) is zit lyggynge in a vesselle with outen the tombe.
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He was indeed so much impressed with the prevalence of falsehood, voluntary or unintentional, that I never knew any person who upon hearing an extraordinary circumstance told, discovered more of the incredulus odi.
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And the arm and the hoond, (that he putte in oure Lordes syde, whan he appered to him, aftre his resurrexioun, and seyde to him, _Noli esse incredulus, sed fidelis_) is zit lyggynge in a vesselle with outen the tombe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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He was indeed so much impressed with the prevalence of falsehood, voluntary or unintentional, that I never knew any person who upon hearing an extraordinary circumstance told, discovered more of the incredulus odi [645].
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Page 77 wit: Quodcunque ostendis mihi sic incredulus odi, (whatever you show me in such a way as to outrage common sense, I view with feelings of incredulity and disgust.)
A Controversy Between "Erskine" and "W. M." on the Practicability of Suppressing Gambling. 1862
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Melius est enim peccare in hanc partem, ex qua tantum lucrum fieri posset, quam esse omnino incredulus.
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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The _'incredulus odi'_ is too strong in such cases, and it adheres to three out of every four French anecdotes.
Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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The _incredulus odi_ faces one in every page of a French memoir; veracity is an unknown virtue, and, wherever that is the taste, look for libels by wholesale.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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As for the old mythology, _incredulus odi; _ and yet there must be a mythology, or
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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